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	Podcast:		HRchat Podcast
	Episode:		#223: Employee Nutrition, Health Equity and Weight Management w/ Dr. David L. Katz, Dr. Dexter Shurney and Misa Nuccio
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:39:07
	Publish Date:		2020-11-10 12:00:00
	Description:		Over 650 million adults worldwide are obese, a condition not only associated with various chronic and expensive diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers, but also COVID-19 complications and mortality. (World Health Organization) In this HRchat, we'll consider nutrition in relation to health equity and weight management for chronic conditions. Our guests this time all partner, in different ways, with our show sponsor Virgin Pulse - the well-being solution helping workers create habits that matter so they can be their best at work and at home. They are Dr. David L. Katz, CEO at Diet ID and Founder of True Health Initiative, Dr. Dexter Shurney, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Clinical Affairs at Zipongo Inc. and Misa Nuccio, MPH. former Co-Founder & Chief Health Officer at Blue Mesa Health and current Product Marketing Manager at Virgin Pulse. Listen to this episode to learn: * How some chronic diseases can be prevented through healthy lifestyle behaviors * Ways digital therapeutics can be used to successfully manage obesity * Nutrition platforms that will help increase health equity access to nutritious food for all employees * The social determinants that impact food choices and habits
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